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MPC takes on two
The Moving Picture Company has appointed two vfx operators, Emmy award-winning operator Ludo Fealy and compositor Franck Lambertz. Fealy joins from fellow Soho vfx house Glassworks where he won an Emmy for his contribution on TV miniseries Dreamkeeper. Fealy starts next week. Lambertz has recently worked ...
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Murphy's Law post Farmed out
The Farm Group has posted the new series of Murphy's Law, Tiger Aspect Productions' police drama for BBC1. Produced by Jemma Rodgers, the series features James Nesbitt playing undercover copper Tommy Murphy who targets criminals by infiltrating underground crime rings. Colourist Aidan Farrell graded the series ...
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BDH films celebs teaching skills
BDH has produced a series of short films called Celebrity Life Skillsfor Channel 4's editor of daytime, Mark Downie. The 5 x 5-minute one-offs show celebrities using household items to teach viewers how to disable an assassin or land a plane, for example. Antonio 'Huggy Bear' ...
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Skin creates new look for poker
Skin has designed the brand identity for the new GameInTV channel Pokerzone. Designer/director Matt White aimed to create a look that would appeal to both the poker player and the casual viewer and would stand alone as a television brand by avoiding the clichéd images of face cards or green ...
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Commercial stations fight back against BBC gains
Commercial radio stations are planning to band together for a series of high-profile cross-network events to take on the BBC, after new Rajar figures showed the corporation opening up its lead, writes Geoff White.
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DJ Coleman raps former bosses
Axed Heart 106.2 breakfast DJ Jono Coleman has hit out at his former bosses after new Rajar figures showed that in his final three months at the Chrysalis-owned station he piled on 224,000 listeners.
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Baker: 'ratings not top of mind' for Sky One
James Baker has defended his performance as Sky One controller after the channel's ratings performance was publicly criticised by chief executive James Murdoch.
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ITV strike ends after new offer
ITV's£2.5m offer to striking workers has paid off after union members voted to end industrial action and accept improved pay.
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NTL in bid to woo Freeview customers
NTL is putting more channels into its cheapest TV package to help it compete with BSkyB and Freeview for low paying customers.
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BBC1 draws clear on election night
The Labour Party may have won last week's election with a smaller majority, but BBC1 was well clear of rivals with its rolling coverage.
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2005 young talent
Broadcast has unveiled the shortlist for its 2005 Young Talent Awards. Judges said entries have been of an incredibly high standard this year especially in the best young producer category where Endemol's Melissa Brown will battle it out with Patrick Furlong of Optomen TV, Nigel Hilditch of Pilot Film & ...
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Gavin to head Odeon
BBC Worldwide former chief executive Rupert Gavin has landed the chief executive's job at Odeon and UCI, Europe's largest cinema chain. The news comes 10 months after Gavin left BBC Worldwide amid speculation he would launch a bid for the BBC's commercial arm. He begins in mid-June.
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Second series for Vegas comedy
Johnny Vegas's comedy Idealwill get another series after being recommissioned as part of a series of orders for BBC3. Vegas will be back on screens next year as small-time dope dealer Moz in the comedy, a co-venture between BBC Comedy North and indie Baby Cow Productions. ...
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Five takes on another C4 executive
Five has poached another Channel 4 acquisitions executive, appointing Vanessa Brookman as deputy director of acquisitions. Currently deputy editor of US series for C4 and E4, she will join Five next month and report to Jay Kandola, who Five poached from C4 last month after its own head of acquisitions, ...
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Greer and Gervais head to Edinburgh
Germaine Greer and Ricky Gervais have been confirmed for headline events at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival. Greer has agreed to give the Alternative MacTaggart Lecture at the festival, while Gervais and The Office co-writer Stephen Merchant will be interviewed by Mark Lawson. This year's event runs from 26 to ...
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Purnell becomes broadcasting minister
James Purnell, a former BBC executive turned MP, has been named the new broadcasting minister. Purnell, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, has been promoted from the whips office to the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, where he will report to media secretary Tessa Jowell. He effectively replaces Lord McIntosh, ...
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Pathe wins rights to sell Bafta winner
Pathe has picked up the rights to sell a feature-length version of Bafta-winning BBC2 documentary The Power of Nightmares. Writer-director Adam Curtis trimmed the three-hour, three-part series by 30 minutes for the Cannes International Film Festival. Curtis - the only British director nominated for the official ...
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NewsITV1 cleans up with the Soap Awards
ITV1's The British Soap Awardsmanaged to hit an audience high of 8.9 million (41%) at 10pm helping the broadcaster to its best peaktime performance of the year so far.
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NewsBBC staff names strike days
The BBC is to be hit with four days of strikes, after unions voted for a series of 24-hour walk-outs.
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NewsTelewest buys Sit-Up TV
Telewest has bought TV retailer and movie channel operator Sit-Up TV, in a deal worth over£194m.